Pick up leaf tips

Put one “pick-up leaf tool” on the upstairs leaf to about 2 inches distance of the edge and with the other “pick-up leaf tool” hold dawn the side leaf below and blow gently on the upstairs leaf edge and repeat the process on the other side (use the side where you can see the sheet that is below).

Gilding on flat surfaces

Lay the leaf on to the sized area, slide and gently press into place with pick-up tool. Proceeding from left to right, each overlapping the preceding one by about 1/2”; the overlap must all be in the same direction. The process is repeated until the surface is covered. Small faults are ignored as they can be remedied with “skewing” (the remaining particles of leaf resulting from the overlaps these are called skewings).

The object to be leafed is placed on a box lid or a piece of carpet or foot mat.